Brazil's Lula to undergo hip surgery by the end of September
Talking to supporters at an event in Rio Grande do Norte state, Lula, 77, said he will have the surgery after hosting his Vietnamese counterpart on Sept. 26. The Brazilian president, who recently underwent an infiltration in his hip to relieve the pain, said in July he would need surgery, but that he expected it would happen in October. Lula, who has been traveling abroad relentlessly since he took office in January, said his last trip this year will be to the summit of the G77 group of developing nations in Cuba later this month.